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  • CBI team visits Goa hotel where Sonali Phogat had stayed

    By PTI

    PANAJI: A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday visited the hotel at Anjuna in North Goa district where BJP leader Sonali Phogat was staying at the time of her death last month.

    A senior Goa police officer said the process of transfer of the investigation into the Phogat death case to the CBI was almost over.

    The CBI team which arrived in Goa on Friday has been visiting all the places related to Phogat’s death, he said.

    On Saturday, the team inspected the rooms at the hotel in Anjuna where both Phogat and her associates — now arrested for their alleged role in her death — were staying, the official said.

    “The team was at the hotel for the entire day and they also questioned several staff members,” he said.

    Police have arrested five people including Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh in connection with the case. Both had travelled to Goa with Phogat, a former TikTok star.

    PANAJI: A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday visited the hotel at Anjuna in North Goa district where BJP leader Sonali Phogat was staying at the time of her death last month.

    A senior Goa police officer said the process of transfer of the investigation into the Phogat death case to the CBI was almost over.

    The CBI team which arrived in Goa on Friday has been visiting all the places related to Phogat’s death, he said.

    On Saturday, the team inspected the rooms at the hotel in Anjuna where both Phogat and her associates — now arrested for their alleged role in her death — were staying, the official said.

    “The team was at the hotel for the entire day and they also questioned several staff members,” he said.

    Police have arrested five people including Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh in connection with the case. Both had travelled to Goa with Phogat, a former TikTok star.

  • Goa Police bust fake call centre, 13 held for duping US residents

    By IANS

    PANAJI: The Goa Police on Wednesday busted an illegal call centre operating from the beach village of Morjim in North Goa, whose staff would pose as US government agents and would threaten US nationals with blocking their social security numbers, while later “settling” the issue by paying of fines which were then converted into Bitcoins.

    In an official statement, the Crime Branch of the Goa Police said that 13 persons from Mumbai and Gujarat have been accused in connection with the racket.

    “Upon analysis of evidence and preliminary interrogation, it is found that they were defrauding American nationals by impersonating US govt agents and telling them that their Social Security Numbers (SSN) were going to be blocked as they were found in criminal investigation,” the statement said.

    “The victims were then coerced to settle the matter by paying fines in the form of Cash vouchers which were then converted to Bitcoin and used by the fraudsters,” it also added.

    The raid was conducted by officials of the Crime Branch and the Cyber Cell of the state police at the Eden Hotel in Morjim beach village, from where the call centre was operating.

    “Upon raid, 13 persons including the mastermind were apprehended and seizure of electronic devices including 12 computers and laptops was made,” the statement also said.